Senate Bill sb1734

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1734

    By Senator Fasano





    11-678-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid services; amending

  3         s. 409.905, F.S.; requiring the Agency for

  4         Health Care Administration to pay for nutrition

  5         therapy services and smoking cessation services

  6         for Medicaid recipients; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (13) and (14) are added to

12  section 409.905, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         409.905  Mandatory Medicaid services.--The agency may

14  make payments for the following services, which are required

15  of the state by Title XIX of the Social Security Act,

16  furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are

17  determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services

18  were provided. Any service under this section shall be

19  provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with

20  state and federal law. Mandatory services rendered by

21  providers in mobile units to Medicaid recipients may be

22  restricted by the agency. Nothing in this section shall be

23  construed to prevent or limit the agency from adjusting fees,

24  reimbursement rates, lengths of stay, number of visits, number

25  of services, or any other adjustments necessary to comply with

26  the availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

27  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

28         (13)  MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY SERVICES.--The agency

29  shall pay for nutritional diagnostic therapy and counseling

30  services for the purpose of disease management which are

31  furnished by a registered dietician as defined in s. 468.503

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1734
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 1  or a licensed dietician/nutritionist as defined in s. 468.509

 2  pursuant to a referral by a licensed physician.

 3         (14)  SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES.--The agency shall pay

 4  for education, one-on-one counseling, support-group services,

 5  and smoking control classes. These services must be referred

 6  by a prescribing medical practitioner or a health professional

 7  that specializes in coronary heart disease.

 8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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